Construction is now set to start from mid-2025 on Teesside with Balfour Beatty and Costain set to play leading roles.

NZT Power will progress in parallel with the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) which also announced financial close of the CO2 transportation and storage infrastructure to serve three initial carbon capture projects.

Building work on the two projects will be completed by nine engineering, procurement, and construction contractors across eight contract packages with a combined value of around £4bn.

NZT Power could create and support more than 3,000 construction jobs during the build phase.

Up to 2 million tonnes of CO2 per year will be captured at the plant, and then transported to secure subsea storage sites beneath the North Sea via infrastructure provided by NEP.

Ian Hunter, Managing Director, Net Zero Teesside Power, said: “Today’s announcement is the culmination of years of work to make Net Zero Teesside Power a reality. As the project progresses into the execution phase, we look forward to delivering on our ambition to create and support thousands of jobs whilst generating flexible, dispatchable low-carbon power for the UK.”

Balfour Beatty is main construction partner to deliver the combined-cycle power station, integrated with carbon capture plant.

It will utilise modular construction techniques to build the M&E equipment and plant rooms off-site, in a controlled factory setting.

Costain will oversee and manage the engineering procurement and construction of the onshore CO2 gathering system serving the East Coast Cluster of industrial companies.